Zoukei-Mura P-51 Mustang Miss Marilyn II

[b757captain]

On 7/16/2018 at 10:04 PM, CANicoll said:

Beautiful!  Just beautiful!  Chris

 

Thanks Chris!

 

5 hours ago, TorbenD said:

Smart!  - great scheme

 

Torben

 

Thanks Torben!

 

3 hours ago, MikeMaben said:

 

Definitely Stangy !  Nice one Mark 

 

Thanks Mike!

 

[b757captain]

2 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

Beautiful job!  Is that an oob scheme?

 

 

Yep, in fact it's the scheme on the box art for the ZM kit. I was always intrigued by the overall scheme ever since I saw the CAF P-51 CY-U "Gunfighter". Alas, after some research, it turns out that the 343rd Sq, 55th Fighter Group doesn't list CY-U "Gunfighter" at all. Here's the link:

 

http://www.55th.org/

 

It looks like the entire squadron had the same basic color scheme, different aircraft tail codes and names. Miss Marilyn apparently was renamed from Jersey Bounce. Looks like the CAF made up their markings 

[Guest Clunkmeister]

Very nice. I have this kit in the stash and the scheme never hit me. Until now. Gorgeous!

Of course I’m no Mustang guy with 98% of my P-51 builds being postwar RCAF ships, but this one just got my juices flowing.

 

thanks!

[b757captain]

22 hours ago, harvey said:

Love it ! Very crisp, well executed.....Harv

 

Thanks Harv!

 

21 hours ago, LSP_Matt said:

It looks fantastic. Thanks for posting.

 

Matty

 

Thanks Matty!

 

21 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

Very nice! Like the paint scheme.

 

Thanks Ray!

[Tomcat14]

Really Nice looking Mustang Mark.

 

Chris Causey

[b757captain]

On 7/18/2018 at 9:58 PM, Tomcat14 said:

Really Nice looking Mustang Mark.

 

Chris Causey

 

Thanks Chris!

[b757captain]

On 7/18/2018 at 10:30 PM, MARU5137 said:

Mark...

 

  I can look at a Mustang all day long..

 

yours is STUNNING..

 

Drooling over it when I should be asleep !!

 

KUDOS...    

 

 

 

{look forward to your next Mustang         }.

 

Thanks Maru! 

 

I have another ZM P-51 in the stash. I always thought combing the internals of the ZM with the clear parts of the Monogram Visible Mustang would be a cool project. I'm now thinking it might be better to cast clear resing pieces from the ZM kit parts. We'll see. I'm not a huge Mustang fan but having just completed the Tamiya A6M-2, I'm keen to tackle their Mustang. Plus I want to do a P-51 in the "Miss America" race scheme. Plus I have a Trumpy -B on the shelf. Dang it, that's half a squadron 

[Mikester]

Very nice!

[b757captain]

On 7/22/2018 at 9:52 AM, Mikester said:

Very nice!

 

Thanks Mike!

 

[KUROK]

Great job!

I have a ZM and wish to seal up all the fuselage skin like you did.

Can I just do all of it at once so I can get tight fit?

Or will that mess up the build sequence?

[D.B. Andrus]

Knockout work, Cap. You've done a terrific job on that baby.

 

 

Remember the boxart of the old Revell P-51D box-scale kit where all of the O.D. areas were red? Mine was red just like everyone else. Accurate? Nah, but it sure caught the eye.

 

Cheers,

D.B.

[Trickyricky21]

Captain, Great job on Miss Marilyn II. Would you please consider selling me Miss Marilyn II ? A gift for our family friend, Dick Hanson who restored and sold her.

P.S. I sure did like flying the 767-300ER, just didn't like all the fuel she carried.

Richard

[Out2gtcha]

Missed this one, great work! 

[pacificmustang]

Nice build Mark

I have just bought this kit as I want to do this scheme as well, so great to hear the kit was a fun build

 

Bruce